Turf wars and the mysterious case of the disappearing peer - The Mail 9 Nov 07
But after speaking to friends and admirers of Lord Drayson (a self-made pharmaceutical millionaire), the account I have received has little or nothing to do with motor-racing.
It is a much more darker story, which raises disturbing questions about Gordon Brown's Government.
In fact, I am told, Lord Drayson was a conscientious and hard-working minister. He was driven near despair, however, by the fact that he could never rely on the support of the Defence Secretary, Des Browne.
Drayson was also dismayed by the constant erosion, scarcely resisted by Des Browne, of our national defence budget.